Replication Files for "Beyond Credit Claiming: 
Protection and Commiseration Messages in Distributive Politics"
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Codebook 

* Variables before the break are present in `data/bcc.csv`. 
  Variables after the break are generated by `src/initialize.r`.

 
Label				Description
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full_treatment		treatment condition indicator
                    (control, announce, credit claim, protect, commiserate)
spending_cat		treatment vignette spending category indicator
                    (control, employment, healthcare, transportation)
pre_feeling			pre-treatment feeling thermometer (0-100)
pre_effective		pre-treatment effectiveness rating (0-10)
pre_represent		pre-treatment representation rating (0-10)
pre_responsible		pre-treatment fiscal responsibility rating (0-10)
post_feeling		post-treatment feeling thermometer (0-100)
post_effective		post-treatment effectiveness rating (0-10)
post_represent		post-treatment representation rating (0-10)
post_responsible	post-treatment fiscal responsibility rating (0-10)
party				respondent party (Strong Democrat, Not very strong Democrat,
                    Strong Republican, Not very strong Republican, Independent)
independent			respondent independent party indicator (More similar to Democrats,
                    More similar to Republican, Neither)
party_sen			Senator's party (D, R, I)
ideology			respondent ideology (7-point Likert; Very conservative to Very liberal)
gender				identifying as male (1) or female (2)
education			Less than Bachelors degree (0), or Bachelors degree or higher (1)
age					age (18-92)
race			    White, Asian American, Black, Latino, Multi-racial, Other
hispanic			yes (1) or no (0)
parent				yes (1) or no (0)
region				Northeast, Midwest, South, West
income				$0-9k: 1;  $10-19k: 2;  $20-29k: 3;  $30-39k: 4;  $40-49k: 5;  $50-59k: 6;
                    $60-74k: 7;  $75-89k: 8;  $90-119k: 9;  $120-159k: 10;  $160-200k: 11;  $200k+: 12

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spending_cat_three  treatment vignette spending category indicator
                    (control, employment, healthcare, transportation)
feeling_change		post_feeling - pre_feeling
effective_change	post_effective - pre_effective
represent_change	post_represent - pre_represent
responsible_change	post_responsible - pre_responsible
partyr				respondent party (dem, rep, ind)
partytwo			respondent party (dem, rep)
party_match			whether the respondent and Senator share party (1) or not (-1), 
                    or if one of the two is independent (0)
black				respondent self-identifies as Black or African American (1)
hisplat				respondent self-identifies as Hispanic or Latino (1)
asam				respondent self-identifies as Asian or Pacific Islander (1)
natam				respondent self-identifies as American Indian or Alaska Native (1)
white				respondent self-identifies as White (1)
multiracial			respondent self-identifies as Multi-racial (1)
rother				respondent self-identifies as Other (1)
